Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Chorus

 My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed, as I sailed

 Oh my name is Captain Kidd as I sailed

 My name is Captain Kidd and God's laws I did forbid

 And most wickedly I did as I sailed.

 My father taught me well to shun the gates of hell

 But against him I rebelled as I sailed

 He shoved a Bible in my hand but I left it in the sand

 And I pulled away from land as I sailed

Chorus

I murdered William Moore and I left him in his gore

Twenty leagues away from shore as I sailed,

And being crueler still, the gunner I did kill

All his precious blood did spill as I sailed,

Chorus

(After Chorus comes the nice snare drum solo, which uses the same chords as the Chorus)

I was sick and nigh to death and I vowed at every breath,

Oh to walk in wisdom's path as I sailed

But my repentance lasted not my vows I soon forgot

Oh damnation is my lot as I sailed

Chorus

To the execution dock lay my head upon the block

Laws no more I'll mock as I sail

So take warning here and heed to shun bad company

Or you'll wind up just like me as I sailed.

Chorus repeating last line twice and ending on D